[Scan-DC] RE: Cuts in Homeland Security aid could hurt county

[Samuel Dixon]

They may be playing into people's fears but I dont think it is fair to say 
that the only legit reason for keeping up with other jurisdictions is 
bragging rights.  There are tangible mutual aid benifits to being able to 
switch over to another juridictions system directly without having to have a 
dispatcher set up a patch.   In NoVa this is a common practice as everyone 
here is probably aware.  Patching might be good enough if you have a major 
incident but there are times on the police side for example where 1 unit 
might just need to switch over to another jurisdiction to advise them of 
something.   There are also many advantages to a newer system, most likely 
digital trunked i.e. better audio quality if the system is built right, more 
options, etc.   On another note did anyone notice the article said PG had a 
200 Mhz radio system lol?

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glenn Morris" <gpmorris at satx.rr.com>
> To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:05 PM
> Subject: [Scan-DC] RE: Cuts in Homeland Security aid could hurt county
>
>
>> What a load of hooey! I won't even go into the political or entitlement
>> mindset side of this argument. I'll just stick to the radio aspects.
>>
>> "its first responders would not be able to communicate with their
>> counterparts elsewhere in case of an emergency."
>>
>> Did they forget about patching? How did they handle mutual aid prior to
> the
>> move to 800 when most were on 450-512 or VHF high and low bands? They are
>> simply playing to everyone's fears. "We will all die if X doesn't 
>> happen!"
>>
>> What possible (legitimate) reasons could they have for keeping up with
>> everyone else except for bragging rights?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Glenn
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